Cooked?
El Lar's
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 25, 2013
- address8431 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
Is El Lar's clean?
El Lar's is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 25, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Lar's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL ALL OPENINGS AROUND ALL PIPE-FITTINGS.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL ALL OPENINGS AROUND ALL PIPE-FITTINGS.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT EVERY ROOM ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENTFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT EVERY ROOM ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • MICE ACTIVITY STILL NOTED THRU-OUT, OVER 50 MICE DROPPINGS, SCATTERED ON FLOOR, STORAGE SHELVES AND DISPLAY SHELVES. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS.criticalPrevious Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • MICE ACTIVITY STILL NOTED THRU-OUT, OVER 50 MICE DROPPINGS, SCATTERED ON FLOOR, STORAGE SHELVES AND DISPLAY SHELVES. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS.
- ☠️toxic items stored near foodNo Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • SEE VIOLATION 14
When was El Lar's last inspected?
El Lar's has 5 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| October 7, 2015 | — | |
| September 25, 2013 | Fail | |
| June 19, 2013 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2013 | Fail |
El Lar's vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 25, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.